Club member Mike, provided a craft talk. He currently teaches economics at the Community College Level. He was born in Iran, near the Caspian Sea area. From 1967-1978 his father traveled in Eastern Europe and behind the Iron Curtain. In1979 the family came to America, and that is where Mike save a Camel for the first time. He served in the US Army from 1991-1995, and upon his return went to college, then worked for a bank as his first job, a week before the SIC closed it. He took the closing as an opportunity to travel to Mexico and backpack. He moved to Japan in 1995 where he taught English in elementary and junior high schools. It's there he learned Kabookie, and became a Buddhist.
He returned to the US in 1998 and went to graduate school. He got a job in China teaching accounting, marketing to MBAs in China. This is where he met his wife. He started teaching in the US in 2004, where his philosophy in Economics is "You Are the one to learn". His non-traditional teaching methods actually provide interest and direction to his students. Mike says he can also do the boring classes, too!
